[jstewart]

Hi, thanks for the quick response. I tried, with and without parenthesis around the uid=%u filter with the search string ou=People, o=Company - but still no luck.
Just wondering - it seemed like after the upgrade, the template functionality was still there but on the fresh install it is not (at least thru the UI) - is there any way to revert to the template functionality, or configure it manually through command line/conf file?

I've copied the error message output below:

thanks again! -Jim

javax.naming.AuthenticationException: empty search
	at com.zimbra.cs.account.ldap.LdapUtil.ldapAuthenticate(LdapUtil.java:262)
	at com.zimbra.cs.account.ldap.Check.checkAuthConfig(Check.java:152)
	at com.zimbra.cs.service.admin.CheckAuthConfig.handle(CheckAuthConfig.java:53)
	at com.zimbra.soap.SoapEngine.dispatchRequest(SoapEngine.java:249)
	at com.zimbra.soap.SoapEngine.dispatch(SoapEngine.java:163)
	at com.zimbra.soap.SoapEngine.dispatch(SoapEngine.java:84)
	at com.zimbra.soap.SoapServlet.doPost(SoapServlet.java:226)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709)
	at com.zimbra.cs.servlet.ZimbraServlet.service(ZimbraServlet.java:148)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:214)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:526)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:825)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:738)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:526)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)